The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-10-27

giving US an outlet to the South and
South west.
The Bullock Construction Company
in charge of the Roanoke and South
ern Railroad have dissolved CO. part
nership and operations are temper
arily suspended. They still hold to
their franchise, which expires on Dec.
18th If they do nothing by that
time, it is very probable that Winston
Salem's business men will come to the
rescue and form 8 company to con-
struct the road bed It is estimated
that the cost will be only about $1,000
per mile to the State line, thence on
to Roanoke will be more costly. After
the road bed IS completed it will be a
comparatively easy matter for the
company to raise enough money on
the bonds to cross tie, iron it and put
! the rolling stock en-
Some of our citizens are in earnest,
they see the crisis Of our town, they
recognize the fact that we must either
advance or retrograde, and they are
putting their shoulders to the wheel
nobly. Some of them are not,-they
are Indifferent and fail to see that the
continued prosperity of our town de-
ponds upon 4 through line and COM
peting rates. To these we appeal.
Don't, don't imagine we VIII get rich
by folding our hands and idly waiting
for railroads and ali their attendant
I blessings TO come to US. We must
bestir ourselves, we must be energetic,
never firing, and must join those al
ready investing their money and time
in this enterprise, and then there
must be a long pull, g strong pull and
a pull altogether. On the goth Of
December there will be meeting OF
the Roanoke and Southern r. r. Co,
in DanvilIe, Va. On that day we
want Winston Salem to send repre-
sentatives - no viii say to the assem-
| biz, eve want the road, we are
thoroughly in earnest and we will &c
deep down in our pockets and furnish
| the amount necessary to absolutely
insure the building CT this road .
That would b. the kind of talk that
NouId represent the spirit, push and
energy that the town Of Winston-Sal.
en- has always been noted for, and
that would bring the road.
Something new is on foot. In q
conversation with NIr. Geo w. Hin.
shaw, one Of sVinston's most eminent
business men, ore who has always
taken an active and prominent part
III railroads, re asked the question :
Suppose We don't get the Roanoke q
| Southern then p
Mr.. Iinshaw replied SIN that case
if we could get up q company in tho
town to build and cross-tie road bed
from here to Danbury, am certain Of
| getting it ironed and the rolling stock
put on.
q have been working on it some
time and now can safely say that il
the bed is msde and cross tied, car
| insure its being operated"
as it possible that construction
company can be organized in our
towns, TO build the road bed and cross
tie it ?"
81 think 50, easily. We all see tht
advantage Of it, not only our trade
would be benefited by it, but the
road would throw all that iron anc
coal into our town, and we would be
come an iron making town in shor
while"
Once more, hurroh We hav,
| men among Us who are working fol-
cur town with all their power, mel
who understand what we need a
present, and whose gaze extends int
the future and who see the demand
and needs that will inevitably come
Iron and tobacco, cotton and wool
these are the products to make +;
town, and give it boom, which The
one-industry town can never approach
We must have more railroads, NOR
and varied industries, and to get then
we must have cooperation from those
who control the cash.
Men OF might, men of action,
Clear the way p